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Date:   Tue, 2 May 2023 18:27:20 +0200
From:   David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: [linus:master] [btrfs]  52bb7a2166:  filebench.sum_operations/s
 -4.0% regression
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On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 10:29:00PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> kernel test robot noticed a -4.0% regression of filebench.sum_operations/s on:
> 
> 
> commit: 52bb7a2166af490317ce2cca1865b6630e86aca8 ("btrfs: introduce size class to block group allocator")
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

The size classes are a heuristic, it may improve and worsen some
workloads and also depends on actual layout of extents and block groups.
So this is expected, -4% is within acceptable range.